Partnerships of TMF

Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland

The Matzevah Foundation is pleased to announce our partnership with The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland. We had the privileged of working alongside of them in 2016 in Markuszów, Poland. Together we cleaned, cleared, and rededicated the Jewish cemetery. TMF looks forward to future projects together. Please visit their website Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland for more information.

The Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland was founded and registered in the United States of America as an independent, non-profit organization in 2016. It is an IRS-approved 501 (c) (3) public charity qualified to receive tax deductible gifts under US law

​Our primary mission is to protect and commemorate the surviving sites and monuments of Jewish cultural heritage in Poland. Projects include cemetery and synagogue maintenance and restoration

Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ)

Many Jewish properties located in Poland, such as synagogue buildings and cemeteries, are managed or held on behalf of the Polish Jewish community by Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland (FODZ). For this reason, The Matzevah Foundation (TMF) is partnering with FODZ to care for and preserve the Jewish cemetery in Zambrów, Poland.

FODZ is the only institution in Poland that is officially dedicated to the task of recovering, preserving, and commemorating physical sites of Jewish significance. To date they have completed work in over 100 Jewish cemeteries in Poland. Their building revitalization activities involve some of the most important and prominent surviving Jewish structures in Poland, such as the synagogues in Kraśnik, Łańcut, Przysucha, Rymanów, Jarosław, and Przemyśl.

Both FODZ and TMF welcome and encourage partnerships and cooperative projects with individuals, families, groups, and institutions as it relates to their work. If you have interest in preserving a Jewish cemetery or to erect a memorial, marker, plaque, or fence, but did not know to whom to turn in Poland, FODZ may be able to help. If you would like to learn more about FODZ projects or get involved to ensure that Poland’s rare survivors of its pre-war Jewish past are preserved for future generations, please visit the FODZ website.

The Matzevah Foundation and FODZ placed a matzevah (memorial stone) in the Jewish cemetery of Zambów, Poland in July 2012. TMF and FODZ expect to partner further on additional projects in Jewish cemeteries in Poland as both organizations recognize the importance of these sites, not only for preserving Jewish heritage but also for preserving the heritage of the town or city in which these cemeteries lie.